Innovation Summit Guernsey Follow Up
On 14th March, we welcome 150 leaders and changemakers from across business and academia to share their experiences, talk top trends and art of the possible in business, tech and innovation.
The summit aimed to accelerate the conversation about adapting to change, opportunities and challenges in business, in particular the focus on new technologies, changing business models and the need for new skills. Find the full schedule of speakers below.
Full recordings of the talks and panel discussions can be viewed below.
Opening Remarks
09:00 - 09:15
From Lucy Kirby, Director of the Digital Greenhouse
Session 1: Data as a Driver for Innovation
It’s easy to forget the digital revolution is really only in its infancy. The next wave of technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), will arguably have an even greater impact on our daily lives. At the centre of all of these technologies is data, and in this section, the speakers and panellists will explore how data can be a driver for innovation.
Data, data everywhere but not a drop to drink, Katherine Jane, Co-Deputy Director General, GFSC
As firms start to explore and investigate new technologies and tools to help them innovate their business they are starting to realise that whilst they hold a mass of ‘data’ it is not in a form that is useable. How do we solve this problem? How do we use our data to innovate?
Data governance: a driver for successful innovation, Brent Homan, Data Protection Commissioner - ODPA
In this session, the Bailiwick’s Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan will bust the myth of the privacy/innovation trade-off – demonstrating that successful and enduring innovations must be based on respect for individuals’ data protection rights. Uncover the symbiotic relationship between innovation and privacy and learn from real-world examples to guide you to success.
Unleashing the Power of Data: Innovation in Digital Identity - Shelley Langan-Newton, Chief Executive Officer - SQR Group
Revealing the transformative role of secure data sharing in revolutionising authentication, personalisation, and security in Digital Identity. Shelley will explore responsible data governance and collaborative ecosystems that shape the future of online security and user experience.
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Mark Le Page, Vice Chair - GIFA
Professor Dan Brown, Entrepreneur in Residence - University College London
Katherine Jane, Co-Deputy Director General - GFSC
Brent Homan, Data Protection Commissioner - ODPA
Shelley Langan-Newton, CEO - SQR Group
Session 2: Driving new business models & global growth
In this section, we delve into the strategies and frameworks that are driving success in this rapidly evolving landscape and discover how your organisation can leverage these new business models to thrive in the digital age. We'll explore the disruptive forces that are reshaping traditional industries and paving the way for new opportunities.
Building the legal foundations for successful innovation - Wayne Atkinson, Partner & Steve Moore, Associate - Collas Crill LLP
A legal structure won't turn an idea into a start-up success, but choosing the wrong structure can guarantee failure. In this talk, we'll consider traps to avoid and areas to focus on when you're forming your start-up and looking to secure investment. We'll also touch on why Guernsey is attractive for founding a start-up and areas for potential improvement.
How to build a winning data strategy - Robert Woodhard, Consultant & David Dorrell, Associate Director - Frontier Economics
In this talk, Robert Woodhard and David Dorrell from Frontier Economics will take the audience through the process and key considerations of building a winning data strategy for your company.
Machine Learning and AI – Readying your people to Maximise value - Paul French, Director of Data and Analytics - First Central Group
Focusing on people, this presentation will share some examples of how Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence are simplifying customer experiences and transforming the way people work in Motor Insurance. Paul will share how having a proactive data culture and data literacy programme is key to helping your teams make the best use of these capabilities.
Showcase Guernsey
A range of up and coming Guernsey grown and globally focused technology businesses take us through to lunch, inspiring us to see things differently and follow our passions!
Crewdentials
Co-Founded by Dan and Ellen ArmsdenCrewdentials is a personnel onboarding and credential management platform specialising in the maritime sector. Improving compliance and efficiencies whilst reducing regulatory and operational risks.
Millions of seafarers worldwide are integral to world trade and are highly qualified to ensure safety and security of the vessels that are workplaces, homes and trade facilitators. Current solutions and processes for onboarding seafarers and managing their credentials are manual and fragmented.
Crewdentials is digitalising the collation, verification and management of seafarer credentials through our onboarding and compliance management tools. We offer an industry-first combination of an individual crew profile and a business workspace: completely independent but seamlessly integrated.
EaseeDo
Founded by Trevor NichollsEaseeDo is a software platform for fostering independence and managing anxiety. It enables individuals to navigate daily challenges more effectively, unlock their full potential, and improve their overall well-being. Inspired by personal experience, the founders created a platform that enables easy and fast creation of visual timetables and guides tailored to an individual's needs and a way for those individuals to track and communicate how they are feeling.
The visual resources are accessed with the app; they support organisation and task completion, fostering independence. With the platform, family, friends and professionals can collaborate, providing cohesive support. The app's emotion tracking feature helps manage anxiety, giving parents and carers clear insight into where support is working and where more support is needed.
Nionnet Limited
Founded by Dave ZakNionnet presents our expert system ‘KOADX’ for line of business code generation.
Do you have a congested development pipeline with too few developers and the need to develop faster?
This is a global problem as we are missing an estimated 40 million developers. But we have your solution. KOADX generates ~94% of your enterprise level system in a matter of minutes and immediately passes it over to you with no drawbacks and no catches.
We accelerate software development for any business producing beautiful, and accurate generated code. Saving you time and money, avoiding technical debt, and letting you focus on product differentiators. We give you containerised applications with a choice of database and document storage as well as other cloud related services. The generated systems provide a clear focus on data protection, compliance and regulatory requirements.
KOADX generated applications are scalable, offer unlimited customisation, and you can use the code however you like.
Stage Portal
Founded by Ben & Dave WrattenStage Portal is a subscription based platform, sitting as a central hub for live event management. With a suite of apps for Venues, Event Organisers, Artists and Production companies that connect together in one ecosystem saving days if not weeks of work for users.
The live events industry is expected to grow from £882 Billion today to £1.5Trillion in 2028 and currently backstage processes are slow, not standardised often paper based meaning that the industry is struggling to keep up with this growth.
Our mission is to give everyone in the industry, no matter what size or scale, the tools to bring to life the world's greatest events. The platform brings together key event management functions, standardised artist and venue information and crew resources, enabling the powerful automation of complex time consuming tasks.
Troupa
Founded by Tim RawlesTroupa makes project management professionals more effective and efficient, ensuring confident delivery of successful projects for project managers, programme directors and board members alike.
It provides a complete project management toolkit through a powerful set of integrated modules including risk and issue management, action tracking, scheduling, budgets and consolidated reporting across projects.
When it comes to status reporting, Troupa will generate a complete slide deck for you - literally at the click of a button - saving hours and hours of a project manager's valuable time.
Troupa is delivered inside Microsoft Teams, providing a powerful combination of a specialised project management toolkit and all the features of generic collaboration platform.
UniteVerse
Founded by Adrian Norman, Adam Moss and Yordi de Kleijn
Session 3: Automation, Efficiency & Productivity
From intelligent automation to data-driven decision-making, we will be looking at the opportunities these technological advancements have for existing businesses. Explore cutting-edge technologies and strategies that are revolutionising industries, streamlining processes, and driving unprecedented levels of productivity. This section will get you thinking about the full potential of automation in your organisation.
Copilot for Microsoft 365, Marcus Bailey, Head of Cloud - Prosperity 24/7
In this talk, Marcus Bailey, Head of Cloud for Prosperity 24/7 will be giving an overview of what Copilot for Microsoft 365 is, its capabilities and the impact it can have on productivity and efficiency in our working lives.
The Productivity Revolution, Simeon Moss, Deloitte
Simeon Moss will be presenting on the topics of automation, efficiency, and productivity. He will begin by exploring the current state of intelligent automation, then delve into the various technologies and tools available to help organisations automate their processes and improve efficiency.
The Consulting Director at Deloitte in the Channel Islands and Gibraltar will then go on to share the strategic levers that organisations can use to promote efficiency and productivity, highlighting the importance of having a clear strategy. He will share how organisations can leverage technology to achieve their goals.
In the final section of his presentation, Sim will share Deloitte Gen AI use cases and uncover how Gen AI can help organisations accelerate automation of their processes and augment human-based tasks, to further improve efficiency and to achieve business goals.
Finally, he will conclude with highlighting the cross-sector opportunities that currently exist, to support local productivity and to drive the digital economy.
Lean Six Sigma to AI - Cyrille Joffre, Chief Technology and Information Officer - Sure
Organisations use automation to drive efficiency and navigate the current challenges they face following the large hyper-scaler providers’ playbook to standardise processes and automate the use of business applications that previously only humans could run, boosting organisational productivity. Moving traditional business models into digital still remains among most businesses’ top priorities. Where the focus has so far and at large been to reduce errors ex-post, the opportunity is now to look at it ex-ante.
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Glen Tonks - Institute of Directors, Guernsey
Marcus Bailey, Head of Cloud - Prosperity 24/7
Simeon Moss, Director - Deloitte
Cyrille Joffre, Chief Technology and Information Officer - Sure
Charlotte Dunsterville, Managing Partner - UN1TY
Session 4: AI and the Future of Work
We have already seen how fast AI tools have developed across 2023 and the effect it has had on current roles. As we look forward to 2024 and beyond, the speakers and panellists will explore how AI is being currently used in the workplace and what this will mean for the future of work.
The Need For A Transformation Mindset, Callum McCutcheon, Senior Manager - PwC
The impact of technology and AI has driven wide-scale business change over the last decade. But with the advent of Generative AI and even more sophisticated machine learning tools, the likelihood of even greater disruption and the need to transform will be amplified and accelerated to a level we have never seen in the history of humankind. On the one hand, the potential for enhanced productivity and efficiency gains from these technologies is unprecedented. On the flip side, what do these technologies mean for workers, human jobs and the future of work? And most importantly what skills, knowledge and development will we need as employees and business leaders in the Channel Islands in order to be successful and thrive in this new world?
AI And The Future Of Work - Jasper Joyce, Head of L&D - Blenheim Chalcot
Jasper will discuss the role AI plays in the future of work, drawing on experience from across the Blenheim Chalcot portfolio. From upskilling internally through the portfolio’s L&D ‘Red Team’ to sharing their findings externally through the Centre for GenAI Innovation, Jasper will share key learnings and reflections on the role AI plays in the future of work.
Ava - An AI/GPT Based Digital HR Assistant - John Gamble, Director, Professional Services - C5 Alliance
John will introduce you to Ava, their Digital HR Assistant. Based on Azure OpenAI Services Ava is an example use case of how you can use "ChatGPT" technologies completely securely and privately within your own technology ecosystem, sharing whatever data you like to take advantage of GPT/LLM capabilities on your own data sets. Ava has been shortlisted for the Digital Jersey 2024 Innovation Tech Awards.
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Deputy Sasha Kazantseva-Miller - Committee for Economic Development
Geraldine Evans, Chief Operating Officer - Prosperity 24/7
Callum McCutcheon, Senior Manager - PwC
Jasper Joyce, Head of Learning and Development - Blenheim Chalcot
John Gamble, Director, Professional Services - C5 Alliance